Parental Ramblings
Revelling in Diversity
I recently got talked into joining Facebook. I had thought it was the realm of teenagers and drunken college students, but within minutes I had found people I knew, some of whom I hadn’t spoken to in years. FB allows people to not only chat with each other but to see what others say they … Continue reading
In The Beginning . . .
We car pool with another family on Fridays for Casa Vida. Last week their son was giving the boys an explanation of the beginnings of the world straight out of Genesis including Adam and Eve. This was on my mind anyway after reading the article about teaching evolution. We’ve always meant to give them a … Continue reading
For Other Reasons
I came across an article today from the New York Times called A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash. It’s one of those articles that reminds me of all the reasons we prefer to homeschool. And yes, I did just write that we had given the children the choice to go … Continue reading
Mad Busy
Today was my first time as a vendor for my books at teachers’ conference. D’s had invention camp since Monday. B and C have been up to grandma and papa’s on various nights. Grandma has been down. D had a sleepover with a friend. We’ve yet to begin packing for our 5 week road trip. … Continue reading
Deepest Apologies! followed by a (very) brief memoir
Eeeek! My sidebar has gone all wanky (that’s a technical word) and in trying to fix it I’ve just discovered a repository of comments going back a few months. I am so sorry I never replied to any. I didn’t know they were there. If any of you are still out there, I’m going to … Continue reading
Homeschool Support Groups
Having been asked by two different people on the same day how I found the homeschool support groups I belong to, I thought I’d post about it. Personally I can’t image not having a homeschool support group, whether formal or informal. Homeschooling is far more popular in some areas of the United States than others. … Continue reading
Do you hear yourself?
“‘A primary purpose of the educational system is to train school children in good citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the state and the nation as a means of protecting the public welfare,’ the judge wrote . . .” Eeeek! Sounds more than a little Orwelian to me. Nothing about the betterment of the person or … Continue reading
The Importance Of Play
NPR just ran a piece on the importance of unstructured play for children. The concept is often discussed in attachment parenting circles and certainly by the proponents of unschooling, but it was nice to hear it covered by mainstream media. The idea is given lip service relatively often in the mainstream populace – ‘children learn … Continue reading
Time Really Has Gotten Away From Us
So today is President’s Day. It isn’t something we really pay attention to, but I had planned on heading to the library with the kids today and remembered it was closed. So I started thinking of all the other outings we could have. We used to do a weekly field trip with friends but one … Continue reading
Mama’s Getting Schooled
Riding in the back of a taxi in Cancun, Mexico in December, we discussed the idea of new year’s resolutions with D (C and B were in a separate taxi with aunt Lizzie and Uncle Tom). D said he wanted to learn to read this year. Pretty good goal. Daddy is trying to give up … Continue reading
